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- noun A spark plug.
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spark plug
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- noun electrical device that fits into the cylinder head of an internal-combustion engine and ignites the gas by means of an electric spark
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"...the two main dangers that can mar the performance of sparking plugs: overheating, on the one hand, and fouling, on the other." From a Smiths Motor Accessories Ltd. advert in the British agricultural journal The Countryman Autumn 1955, p.1
January 20, 2010